A history of the top marginal tax rates on the wealthiest Americans: 1940: 81% 1950: 84% 1960: 91% 1970: 72% 1980: 70% 1990: 28% 2000: 40% 2010: 35% For 50 years, corporate backed politicians in Congress have slashed taxes to line the pockets of their wealthy donors.

🗣️Can you believe global spending on nuclear weapons surged to over $100 billion in a year alone? That’s $3,169 a second on weapons that should never be used. Learn more in ICAN’s report "Hidden Costs: Nuclear Weapons Spending in 2024": www.icanw.org/hidden_costs... #NuclearBan

TNS is running +R on Sunday. Unfortunately, I can't enter because I'll be doing family stuff on Easter but sign up if you have the time!

Three major new studies on democracy and freedom all find the U.S. is slipping further away from democracy. Leaders of two of those studies say President Trump's goal is to rule as an autocrat.

#FREELUD UPDATE: - His lawyer is fighting against the ankle monitor and constant check-ins. - Donated funds are helping significantly because they are still withholding the work permit that Lud already paid for. - Please continue sharing his story and calling your reps about ICE.

Since 1994, immigrants have paid more in taxes than they receive in benefits every year. Do not believe the lies you hear about immigrants. They are good for society and the economy.

A Hidden Antarctic Tipping Point May Have Just Been Triggered

Jeff Bezos is worth $220 billion. After building that fortune from overworking and exploiting his own workers, Bezos is now developing a fund to acquire manufacturing companies and automate them. Why do we always hear about immigrants taking jobs when the oligarchs are actually to blame?

🚨+R is once again less than $4🚨

About 70% of the U.S. economy runs on consumer spending. But as wealth concentrates at the top, the richest 10% can’t spend enough to sustain it — while everyone else can’t afford to. Reminder that trickle-down economics simply doesn’t make sense. It’s a hoax.

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#FreeLud Update! good morning exclusively to ludovic mbock who is at home in maryland with his family. organizers are taking the weekend to rest, but will return on monday to fighting his deportation case due to start in May 2026. source: official discord

THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE LIKE LUD IN ICE DETENTION. You do not have to stop finding small ways to resist when he is home.

Could the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran lead to another world war?

BREAKING: WE DID IT!!! LUDOVIC IS COMING HOME!!! The judge, clearly moved by 20 people turning up in person alongside 20 online, ruled entirely in Lud’s favor with low bond. Update to come when he is home. The team is optimistic about his hearing in May. #FREELUD

Something I’ve been thinking about: Life is precious and not replaceable. There is no single theory, method, person or idea that will solve all our problems. Preserving life and solving our problems is going to take a diverse approach from people humble enough to admit when they’re wrong.

Since 1994, immigrants have paid more in taxes than they receive in benefits every year. Do not believe the lies you hear about immigrants. They are good for society and the economy.

Don’t have much reach here but I’ve relaunched Brokentier’s web store, and made a little video to show off a few of the designs.

#FreeLud Update !! lud has his bond hearing on friday 🙏 source: official discord

Weekly Xrd #Rev2Forev2 thread is up! If you have an event for the calendar, DM me! Love your life, be good to one another, and play some mfing guilty gear <3 You can also find this calendar + IRL events at playguiltygear.com

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I think the Iran war is incontrovertible evidence that our politics and ethics have not kept up with our technology. The question I have is: How do we get our ethics/politics to improve? I wish I had easy answers; too many people seem either selfish or draconian, or both.

Yes, I do believe that if the Vikings had the technology to build the electric guitar, then they would have discovered heavy metal and easily conquered the planet. I'm not sure why this is considered "controversial".

The response when progressive policies that help millions of people are proposed... "How will you pay for it?" The response when the richest 1% ask for tax cuts, or banks ask for bailouts, or defense contractors ask for more contracts... "How much do you need?" It doesn't have to be this way.

There’s still an affordability crisis, and gas prices are rising dramatically. We could be approaching an economic crisis. Now is a terrible time for a president with unchecked power whose ethics is “do whatever benefits me that I can get away with,” but that’s where we’re at.

#FREELUD UPDATES: - Lawyer calling for a bond hearing in MA that must occur within 10 days. - Lud remains at risk, even if he is released. Deportation hearing in May. - HOW TO HELP: Continued donations, sharing articles on Lud’s story, and/or calling your reps if you live in MA.

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"A better world is possible" used to be an uplifting message about the dream of creating a better future. Now it is just a straightforward statement. Like…FOR SURE a better world is possible. This stupid shit we are up to now definitely isn't the best we can do. Not even close.

So far the war in Iran has cost an estimated $5.5 billion. That's roughly $1 billion per day. $41,666,667 per hour. $11,574 per second. People do not want this. They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.

🔔Tomorrow is the International Day for Disarmament & Non-Proliferation, a global moment for education and action, designated by the UN. Join our events and be part of the movement to end nuclear weapons: www.icanw.org/events Stay tuned tomorrow for more content on this! #NuclearBan

NEW ARTICLE #FREELUD - Lud came to the US in 2002 when his mother married his stepfather - they divorced, impacting immigration status - Lud was allowed to stay in the US for work if he checked in w/ immigration annually - he was detained AT THAT CHECK-IN www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/h...

"Why exactly are we attacking Iran without any kind of provocation?" asks Iranian historian Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi. "This is a war that is not in the interests of the United States, and it only fulfills and realizes the desires of a regime in Israel that is promoting forever wars in the region."

🧵1/ Iran does not have nuclear weapons. Israel and the United States do. In Europe, France wants to expand the role of its nuclear weapons. All this is dangerous and escalates the risk of nuclear weapons use, but we have a solution: it’s called the #NuclearBan Treaty📽️🔗⬇️ youtu.be/TUvDW--cvKs?...

Weekly Xrd #Rev2Forev2 thread is up! If you have an event for the calendar, DM me! Love your life, be good to one another, and play some mfing guilty gear <3 You can also find this calendar + IRL events at playguiltygear.com

This is so messed up.

It's the latest trade drawing scrutiny on the popular prediction market site for appearing to show an insider making profits on military secrets. n.pr/4ciemrp

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

Take note of the messaging by limpdick politicians in response to the warcrimes being enacted in Iran. Both sides of the aisle are filled with warmongers and anyone not denouncing this unprompted slaughter of innocent citizens must be removed from office. No exceptions, do not accept genocide.

Trump 2.0: -Bombed Iran (twice), Venezuela, and Yemen -Allowed Israel to repeatedly violate a ceasefire and kill civilians -Ripped healthcare and SNAP away from millions -Deployed masked ICE agents to terrorize American cities The "Peace President."

President Donald Trump's accusation that Iran is building nuclear weapons that could "soon" reach the U.S. is contradicted by a 2025 federal government assessment that said Iran is years away from the ability to produce long-range missiles. (via @politifact.bsky.social) https://to.pbs.org/4slHtik

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This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t

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#FREELUD UPDATES: - Lud finally spoke with his lawyer - Lawyer presents the asylum case to a judge tomorrow - Press coverage in progress; stay tuned - Raised $$$ are enough for current/potential future legal fees, and to help Lud recover once he is freed; GoFundMe remaining open

Get off Twitter.

#FREELUD UPDATE: - Lud and others were *chained for 7 hrs* before being flown to Georgia, the 2nd move in 2 days in defiance of his lawyers’ habeas corpus & a court order. - The GoFundMe organizers are moving to contact media to boost the story and help #FREELUD. KEEP POSTING.

#FREELUD UPDATES: - Lud moved to Louisiana illegally against court order - habeas corpus filed, second lawyer obtained, strong asylum case pending - expenses rising: DONATE gofund.me/ecba5131b - he is physically okay and in good spirits - #FREELUD Discord server in the works

I am very tired of living a society that will feign outrage at innocuous bullshit for clicks and clout, but will turn around and normalize the "president" openly stating he'll defy the supreme court and can destroy the nation.